Check Adobe Flash Player For Mac

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While Flash may have fallen by the wayside for many in favor of newer technologies like HTML5, much of the web still relies on the old plug-in to display content to users. Though macOS no longer comes with Flash installed by default, you can still download and install it if you need to. If you have Flash on your Mac, you might be wondering how to go about updating the plug-in, especially if you've decided not to allow Flash to update itself.

Here's what you do when you want to update Flash on your Mac.

How to update Flash on your Mac if you've already got it installed

  1. Open System Preferences from your Dock or Applications folder.

  2. Click the Flash Player icon.

  3. Click the Updates tab.
  4. Click Check Now.

  5. Follow the prompts that appear if Flash needs updating.

The first, and in my opinion, the best way to check and see if Flash is up to date on your system is to check directly inside of the System Preferences app on your Mac. To do that, follow these steps: 1) Launch the System Preferences app on your Mac and click on the Flash Player preferences pane. 2) When you’re in the Flash Player preferences pane, click on the Updates tab.

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If you're using an out-of-date version of the Adobe Flash Player plug-in, you may see the message “Blocked plug-in,” “Flash Security Alert,” or “Flash out-of-date” when attempting to view Flash content in Safari.

Clicking the indicator displays a message that Adobe Flash Player is out of date:

To continue viewing Flash content, update to a later version of Adobe Flash Player:

  1. Click the Download Flash button. Safari opens the Adobe Flash Player page on the Adobe website.
  2. Follow the instructions on the Adobe website to download and install the latest version of the plug-in.
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If you need to use an older version of Flash Player, you can use Internet plug-in management in Safari to run the plug-in in unsafe mode for websites that you trust.

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Contact Adobe if you need help downloading, installing, or using Adobe Flash Player.